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A Merseyside school teacher is making hundreds of face shields to help prevent the spread of coronavirus and protect key workers.

Phil Jones, from Wallasey, Wirral, said there has been a huge demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) since the coronavirus outbreak began and he wants to help plug the gap.

Mr Jones, 28, who teaches Design and Technology (D&T) at Upton Hall FCJ, Wirral, said D&T departments up and down the land have been working flat out to provide key workers with face shields, as well as donating their own safety goggles and face masks.

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He said: “I stumbled across an alternative design on Twitter from a supplier of ours for a laser cut shield, so I started making it as soon as I could.

“We could make around one hundred per day until our material stocks dried up.”

Once Mr Jones discovered the design, it took off. He said: “After a few Twitter posts, we were inundated with requests from GPs, nurses, police, hospices and such like, so we have been producing as many as we can since.

“So far we’ve made and distributed around two hundred face visors and donated lots of safety goggles from the science and D&T departments to those most in need locally.

“Approach your local secondary school to see if their D&T departments can join in with the effort.”

The school is helping to provide PPE for key workers (Image: Copyright Unknown)

Mr Jones added that Co-op Academy Bebington and Calday Grange Grammar School have also started making the face shields.

Many workers in the health sector replied to the school’s tweet, asking for face shields and other types of PPE.

Sarah said: “We would love some if you have any spare. I’m a GP at Central Park Medical Centre, Wallasey.”

Niamh Charles, who went to Upton Hall FCJ, said: “These look fab! Is there any way there would be some still available? My parents are GPs and short on all PPE.”

The NHS continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic, as 2,352 people have now died from the virus in the UK.

Today, another five deaths were confirmed at Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust, taking the total number of deaths registered there to 19.